17 Forgotten Poor Man 5-Minute Meals For Seniors Living Alone
303K views · Aug 9, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@LastingWisdom-US · 1 month ago
<b>My husband is 74 years old and has been fighting cancer for some time now. Watching him go through this has been heartbreaking. I sincerely ask for your prayers for his strength, healing, and recovery. </b>🙏❤
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@juliepeeks4184 · 1 month ago
I am 73 almost 74, my Grandmother taught me a lot, I do not buy boxes, I cook from food I know and what goes in it. guess I didn't realize I was lucky to have been taught.
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@TeeJayOhhBee · 1 month ago
For those here who either are or will comments about the so-called "unhealthiness" mentioned in this video, let me remind you of one thing. Generally speaking, people were much more physically active back then.
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@laurensoto9675 · 1 month ago
Pancake pancakes she used to whip those pancakes up so fast our head would spin. Grandma said if you have flour, eggs, milk, and butter with salt and pepper. You can make anything. Thank you for these reminders.❤
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@IreneHaynes-k9i · 1 month ago
Corn bread fried potatoes. Pinto beans. Man it was good 👍
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@ATasteofYesterdayUSA · 1 month ago
Imagine being able to ask your great-grandparents what they ate during the hardest year of their lives. Videos like this are probably the closest we'll ever get.
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@nancymanuel8536 · 1 month ago
Im 64 thank you for the memories of growing up in the 60s & 70s
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@jillwood1746 · 1 month ago
Showing the old index cards with neatly written recipes touches me. I have several cards from my grandmother that I cherish.
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@Caren-i3q · 1 month ago
I'm so glad you are bringing the old ways back to this world.. I'm teaching my granddaughter how to make bread and everything I'm learning about. Every time she comes to visit she wants to bake from scratch.
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@kristym1126 · 1 month ago
🙏🏻BLESS YOUR HEART!!!! We really needed this.... struggling in this economy!!!😢
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@jimweis123 · 1 month ago
My father would slice a radish, salt and pepper, and put it on buttered white bread. <br><br>At least one of the Fridays in the month, we would have macaroni and cheese with canned tomato soup. It’s still my “go to” comfort food. <br><br>Every Saturday, he would fry chopped onions, canned corn and leftover macaroni and cheese from last night, held together with a few eggs scrambled into the mix. Again, comfort food from the depression years.
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@williamharrison8875 · 1 month ago
My parents grew up through WW1, the depression and WW2. We canned vegetables and jelly in the fall when I was a child. You forgot to mention the fruit preserves and jelly’s. <br>As bland as these sound, folks will be surprised at how filling and satisfying these recipes are.<br>Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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